BA Hons (English). University of Otago, New Zealand.
Diploma of Education. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
MA (Sociology of Literature), University of Essex, UK.
PhD (English). University of Otago, New Zealand.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics, Arts and Humanities
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Eco-political Discourse in Mahmoud Darwish’s Poetry of Resistance Hamoud Yahya Ahmed Mohsen, Fahad Ibrahim Al-Bakr, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Abdulrahman Alosman Intellectual Discourse, 2026 Resistance remains the central theme in the poetry of the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish. This article explores aspects of the eco-political discourse in Darwish’s poetry that bind ecology and politics for resisting colonialism. The study argues that Darwish employs ecological imagery drawn from the Palestinian nature to advance his political narrative of resistance. Through the lens of eco-politics, the analysis reveals how the elements of nature, such as trees, stones, rocks, hills, mountains, valleys, rivers, animals, fruits, the sky, the cold, the rain, the sun, and the moon, function as potent symbols of resistance. These natural forms become both witnesses to and participants in the struggle. Just as Palestinian landscape persists despite human transgressions, so too do the poet and Palestinians remain steadfast in their quest for freedom. The study offers new insights into eco-politics as a literary approach and a fresh pathway for reading resistance in Arabic and Palestinian literature.
Nature and Memory in Tan Twan Eng‘s Novels: An Ecocultural Perspective Liu Jia, Hamoud Yahya Ahmed Mohsen, Revathi A P Gopal, Ruzy Suliza Hashim World Journal of English Language, 2024 Eco-culturalism, as a literary approach, is a growing field that examines the interconnectedness of culture and the environment. It underscores the symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world, emphasizing the profound impact of ecological concerns on cultural practices, values, and narratives. This literary approach seeks to address critical environmental issues through storytelling, infusing literature with ecological awareness and promoting sustainable practices. Analyzing eco-culturalism in Tan Twan Eng’s narrative, including The Gift of Rain, The Garden of Evening Mists and The House of Doors, this article offers profound insights into the dimensions through which eco-culturalism manifests in Tan’s novels, illuminating the symbiotic relationship between culture, ecology and memory. Tan Twan Eng’s novels are exquisite embroidery woven with intricate threads of culture, identity, and the natural world. From ecological values to ecological identity, and finally to ecological memories, these elements serve as both narrative tools and windows into the hearts and minds of his characters. Eco-culturalism is intricately woven into the narrative fabric, evolving across the three novels, further enriching Tan’s narrative, and proving the power of literature in connecting culture and nature. The combination of eco-value and sustainable practice illustrates the deep connection between culture, ecology, memory, and human prosperity, allowing readers to more deeply appreciate Malaysian cultural diversity, especially the valuable exploration of identity, belonging and meaning in a nature-centered multicultural society. arch for meaning in a nature-centered multicultural society.
Malaysia’s Popular Malay-Muslim TV Fiction and Fan Narratives Bloomsbury Handbook of Muslims and Popular Culture, 2023
Flipping Tropes & Subverting Stereotype Priming in The Hunger Games Trilogy ADZURA ELIER, M. M. RAIHANAH, RUZY SULIZA HASHIM, and Jurnal Komunikasi Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2023 This is a review paper on the apparent force of commercial success and social media presence being a key in the changes of female representation in popular culture using The Hunger Games dystopian trilogy’s global commercial success and its impact as case in point. It argues that the trilogy’s commercial success is valuable in helping normalise the flipped gender roles or subverting the stereotypical gender primes. While dystopian literature supposedly features worlds and societies beyond typical real-life rules, many parts of that fictional world will still exhibit traits and beliefs contemporary to its author and resonate with its audience. The normalisation of gender stereotypes can often be seen in characters and social dynamics portrayed repeatedly throughout other forms of media communication. These and other literary works carry within it these stereotypical traits or behaviours a shorthand frame of reference which are called tropes. In this paper, the tropes are viewed through the sociological lens called stereotype priming which is the perpetuation of stereotypes through systemic means targeting certain behaviours, traits or beliefs. This paper looks at instances of tropes exhibiting priming functions within the dystopian world of not just The Hunger Games trilogy and how the commercial success of the empowered female has paved the way for more positive female representation in popular media culture since then. This lens has been expanded to take into account how The Hunger Games trilogy continues to have relevance post-pandemic regarding issues that current facts have brought dangerously close to dystopian fiction. Keywords: Dystopian narrative, gender, popular media, popular culture, stereotypes.
COVID-19 insights and linguistic methods Kim Hua Tan, Hazita Azman, Imran Ho Abdullah, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Hajar Abdul Rahim, et al. 3l Language Linguistics Literature, 2020
Circuit learning - Teacher’s and student’s reactions to an innovative approach in language teaching Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia, 2014
Minority within: 2nd generation young adult Muslim Australian in Ten Things I Hate About Me 3l Language Linguistics Literature, 2013
Interpretations of history in early twenty-first century Arabic fiction: A critical analysis of Al-Saqqaf's Qissat Irhabi Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 2013
Ophelia transformed: Revisioning Shakespeare's Hamlet Gema Online Journal of Language Studies, 2013
Critical pedagogy of a post-9/11 Muslim memoir Esmaeil Zeiny Jelodar, Noraini Md. Yusof, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Raihanah M.M International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2013
Revisionings of hamlet the crux of an interpretive paradigm 3l Language Linguistics Literature, 2012
